Barbara Philip

Tag: Watercolour

  • Zerendipity Zebras (Serendipity Zebras)

    Zerendipity Zebras (Serendipity Zebras)

    Nancy's Zebras
    Nancy's Zebras

    (Serendipity Zebras)

    I love the word, ‘serendipity’ as I am sure those who love words will agree! It is a word that trickles off the tongue with such delightful playfulness that I felt inspired to use it in today’s post. There are many meanings, including ‘chance’ and ‘coincidence’. ‘Synchronicity’ may describe this happen stance better, it means ; –  ‘unlikely occurrences that take place by random chance’.

    I have just completed two orders heading for the USA, and both contain Zebras. As I don’t paint Zebras very often so this could well be a case of “synchronicity” or “serendipity”.

    As commissions do not appear in my gallery, on the painting website ( www.africanpainting.com ) I thought you may be interested to see them before they depart for America.

    “Whether we name divine presence (God’s Presence) synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.”

    Nancy Long (Quote :2504)

    Synchronicity is choreographed by a great, pervasive intelligence that lies at the heart of nature,(God) and is manifest in each of us through what we call the soul.

    ~ Deepak Chopra,( Quote:2505)

    Trophy Zebra
    Trophy Zebra
  • Hello all, and Welcome to my Blog!

    Hello all, and Welcome to my Blog!

    Swallows over Stormberg Spruit

    “swallows over stormberg spruit”  sketched from my computer monitor

    As a self-confessed addict of creative-Journal-keeping I begin this new adventure, in this new year of 2009, to share some of my life in this remote little corner of Africa. We are far from most places, but fortunately not the internet, and therefore not far from all the far flung readers out there who may share my interests and passions in life. So my hope is that you will join me on my visually orientated journey of exploration, and through my creative meanderings, get to enjoy it along with me.

    For almost a year now, I have been visiting the sites of other creative bloggers, like Sparkletopia (the first one I found), and came to realize that it would be a great way for me to keep in touch with friends from all over the world.

    The sketch above was the first that I painted direct from my Computer Monitor as you can see in the next image. This is not my normal painting table, but the computer table. For bigger paintings the monitor can be moved.

    Working on Stormberg Spruit sketch

    Over the years the high costs of printing photographs for painting, have prompted me to start painting directly from the monitor, and though I haven’t painted much in 2008;  due to a death, a wedding & the writing of a book, the New Year holds great promise, and I invite you to visit my studio whenever you can.